Childrens drawings Art museum - classes. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Childrens drawings Art museum - classes. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The record ties this poster to a children's drawing exhibition at an art museum in Ohio, with a clown motif that reflects the bright, playful style of the Federal Art Project's publicity work. Its silkscreen color and the stamped date of February 18, 1939, place it among the posters the Works Progress Administration produced to promote free community art classes and exhibitions during the Depression. Federal Art Project posters like this one were printed in large runs and pasted on public walls, so they reached families who might never have set foot in a museum. Today the piece survives in the Library of Congress collection, where its bold flat shapes still show how the program used commercial poster techniques to invite ordinary people into the arts.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 18 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 54 Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress Washington D.C. 2002-2004. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Ohio--1930-1940. Clowns--1930-1940. Childrens art--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 969 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 184_Childrens_drawings_Art_1939 |
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